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Remember my SuperMax epic?
https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/six-weeks-in-supermax.53997/
Remember my promise to do the same for Treet ... and Lord?
Presenting ... a Treet for your face!
How on earth do I make sense of Treet? Even their own marketing information is contradictory, so much so that certainly one blade is marked as both stainless and carbon, yet the packaging describes neither. Another has two entirely different blades in the same packaging. What I can say for certain is that what is written hereafter is entirely without corporate confirmation; my own thoughts and musings having tried practically the entire range and given it a good number of months for the information to settle.
I gleaned a starting point from these two sources:
https://treetonline.com/product-category/blades/
https://treetproducts.wordpress.com/category/double-edge-shaving-blades/
With 19 blades identified, I'll repeat: how on earth do I make sense of this? What I am going to do is start with my summary and explain from there ...
Treet have three Carbon blades and three Stainless blades ... and everything else is name engineering.
... and that makes it a lot easier!
Carbon
Treet began manufacturing razor blades in 1954 with an offering that we know as the 'Black Beauty' (or 'Kala' which translates in both Urdu and Hindi as "black") in reference to the blue-ing of the blade, a process which goes some way to mitigate against rusting on carbon blades.
Love it, or hate it, the Black Beauty gives us today a hint of vintage shaving and we should consider this the original/legacy carbon blade from Treet.
I'll talk about the Classic now in this order because it makes some sense, but I believe the Classic is actually an engineered version of the Dura Sharp (in the yellow packaging) as a less finessed version to stand as a sort of baseline carbon blade and one which I believe is re-engineered under a tonne of names as you will see.
Surely the jewel in the crown for Treet! Consider this the superior carbon blade offering, one which is heavily finessed in the sharpening and stropping process to create what really is the best double-edge carbon blade on the market. Interestingly, looking at the blade itself, it is the only blade from Treet that is marked with the 1 2 3 4 numbers on the blade edges - all other blades are either unmarked or marked as A/B. Notice that there are numbers on the blade pictured above for the Treet Classic - this image is from Treet's corporate website and contrary to the blades I have in my collection.
So, that's the carbon blades:
Stainless
Somewhat more murky than the carbon baldes, as there is little known about the original stainless offering from Treet but I think it's fair to say that it was likely under the Dura Sharp name and this throwback packaging (likely just the Trig under an engineered name) gives us a hint of what that might have been:
Don't confuse this one with the other Dura Sharp (in the blue packaging) which I believe is merely an alternative packaging for the yellow ... or close enough. While this blade is a mythical unicorn, I think it's worth writing it down so that we can track the development of the stainless blade in a similar way to the carbon. Consider this the original/legacy stainless blade from Treet.
Whatever became of the legacy stainless blade, it certainly ended up as what we know as the Trig (Silver Edge):
... but Silver Edge? Just marketing words, I think.
The Treet Platinum is my personal favourite blade, one which (to me) gives four shaves of absolute same quality and feel as the first shave. I love 'em! But again, Platinum? Spectrum analysis of a number of razor blades over on B&B gave us a hint that these blades not actually platinum edged at all and in fact (like "silver edge") just marketing terminology and so "platinum class". That said, Treet themselves outright state: "... this super stainless blade has special edge treatment of Platinum Chromium and PTFE. These ingredients help enhance durability and smoothen the sharpness of blade edges and provide optimum shaving comfort."
So, Platinum Chrome? Either way, consider this the superior stainless offering from Treet.
... and that's the stainless blades:
https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/six-weeks-in-supermax.53997/
Remember my promise to do the same for Treet ... and Lord?
Presenting ... a Treet for your face!
How on earth do I make sense of Treet? Even their own marketing information is contradictory, so much so that certainly one blade is marked as both stainless and carbon, yet the packaging describes neither. Another has two entirely different blades in the same packaging. What I can say for certain is that what is written hereafter is entirely without corporate confirmation; my own thoughts and musings having tried practically the entire range and given it a good number of months for the information to settle.
I gleaned a starting point from these two sources:
https://treetonline.com/product-category/blades/
https://treetproducts.wordpress.com/category/double-edge-shaving-blades/
With 19 blades identified, I'll repeat: how on earth do I make sense of this? What I am going to do is start with my summary and explain from there ...
Treet have three Carbon blades and three Stainless blades ... and everything else is name engineering.
... and that makes it a lot easier!
Carbon
Treet began manufacturing razor blades in 1954 with an offering that we know as the 'Black Beauty' (or 'Kala' which translates in both Urdu and Hindi as "black") in reference to the blue-ing of the blade, a process which goes some way to mitigate against rusting on carbon blades.
Love it, or hate it, the Black Beauty gives us today a hint of vintage shaving and we should consider this the original/legacy carbon blade from Treet.
I'll talk about the Classic now in this order because it makes some sense, but I believe the Classic is actually an engineered version of the Dura Sharp (in the yellow packaging) as a less finessed version to stand as a sort of baseline carbon blade and one which I believe is re-engineered under a tonne of names as you will see.
Surely the jewel in the crown for Treet! Consider this the superior carbon blade offering, one which is heavily finessed in the sharpening and stropping process to create what really is the best double-edge carbon blade on the market. Interestingly, looking at the blade itself, it is the only blade from Treet that is marked with the 1 2 3 4 numbers on the blade edges - all other blades are either unmarked or marked as A/B. Notice that there are numbers on the blade pictured above for the Treet Classic - this image is from Treet's corporate website and contrary to the blades I have in my collection.
So, that's the carbon blades:
- Treet Black Beauty
- Treet Classic
- Treet Dura Sharp
Stainless
Somewhat more murky than the carbon baldes, as there is little known about the original stainless offering from Treet but I think it's fair to say that it was likely under the Dura Sharp name and this throwback packaging (likely just the Trig under an engineered name) gives us a hint of what that might have been:
Don't confuse this one with the other Dura Sharp (in the blue packaging) which I believe is merely an alternative packaging for the yellow ... or close enough. While this blade is a mythical unicorn, I think it's worth writing it down so that we can track the development of the stainless blade in a similar way to the carbon. Consider this the original/legacy stainless blade from Treet.
Whatever became of the legacy stainless blade, it certainly ended up as what we know as the Trig (Silver Edge):
... but Silver Edge? Just marketing words, I think.
The Treet Platinum is my personal favourite blade, one which (to me) gives four shaves of absolute same quality and feel as the first shave. I love 'em! But again, Platinum? Spectrum analysis of a number of razor blades over on B&B gave us a hint that these blades not actually platinum edged at all and in fact (like "silver edge") just marketing terminology and so "platinum class". That said, Treet themselves outright state: "... this super stainless blade has special edge treatment of Platinum Chromium and PTFE. These ingredients help enhance durability and smoothen the sharpness of blade edges and provide optimum shaving comfort."
So, Platinum Chrome? Either way, consider this the superior stainless offering from Treet.
... and that's the stainless blades:
- Treet Dura Sharp (Stainless)?
- Trig Silver Edge
- Treet Platinum Super Stainless
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